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Four godly and learned treatises Entitled, I. A remedy against covetousness. II. An elegant…Foure godly and learned treatises Intituled, I. A remedy against covetousnesse. II. An elegant…
Four godly and learned treatises Entitled, I. A remedy against covetousness. II. An elegant and lively description of spiritual death and life. III. The doctrine of self-denial. IV. Upon the sacrament of the Lords Supper. Delivered in sundry sermons, by that late famous preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory, John Preston, Doctor of Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty; master of Emanuel College, and sometime preacher of Lincolns Inn.Foure godly and learned treatises Intituled, I. A remedy against covetousnesse. II. An elegant and lively description of spirituall death and life. III. The doctrine of selfe-deniall. IV. Vpon the sacrament of the Lords Supper. Delivered in sundry sermons, by that late famous preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory, Iohn Preston, Doctor of Divinitie, chaplaine in ordinarie to his Majestie; master of Emanuel Colledge, and sometime preacher of Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by Thomas for Michael Sparke, 1633
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1First, that it is so, see it by this; we speaking to the quickest, often times they believe not, but then others do: the same sometimes believe, sometimes not. If man were the sole cause, the word would have the same effect at all times.
1First, that it is so, see it by this; we speaking to the quickest, often times they beleeve not, but then others doe: the same sometimes beleeve, sometimes not. If man were the sole cause, the word would have the same effect at all times.
- 1Reasons of the point.
Secondly, this is life, and God only gives life: it is as the breathing of life into a clod of earth. It requires an almighty power to work this in those that believe. Ephe. 1.19.20. The same power that raised up Christ from the dead, raised us up: it is an almighty action to give this life.
Secondly, this is life, and God onely gives life: it is as the breathing of life into a clod of earth. It requires an almighty power to worke this in those that beleeve. Ephe. 1.19.20. The same power that raised up Christ from the dead, raised us up: it is an almighty action to give this life.